The Benefits of Recess

"A study published this month in the journal Pediatrics studied the links between recess and classroom behavior among about 11,000 children age 8 and 9. Those who had more than 15 minutes of recess a day showed better behavior in class than those who had little or none. Although disadvantaged children were more likely to be denied recess, the association between better behavior and recess time held up even after researchers controlled for a number of variables, including sex, ethnicity, public or private school and class size."

Read more at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/health/24well.html?ref=education

Stand up desks

What do you think about the stand-up desk?




Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/us/25desks.html?em

Siftables

What other educational uses can you think of for these?

Piaget Slideshow: A movie slideshow made in EDU201

Culture and Diversity in the Classroom: A movie slideshow for EDU201

Opportunities

Follow the link below to find out about a secondary English position in Calumet, about how Michigan teachers can teach in Taiwan, and about dates for the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification.

http://sites.google.com/site/fueledarchive/Home/Dr.LaureneZieglerscanstuff.pdf?attredirects=0

Education Club Recognized for Toys for Tots Achievement

A collection for the (younger) ages

"Finlandia’s Maki Library has more than 3,200 books in children’s lit section."

Read the full article about Finlandia's children's literature section in the Daily Mining Gazette:


http://www.mininggazette.com/page/content.detail/id/503667.html

The Art of Teaching without Teaching

Ken Ken is the new math craze--and perhaps the new math instruction craze. Check it out at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/arts/09ken.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Its developer was a Japanese educator who believes in the "art of teaching without teaching."

Education is all in the brain

"AS Department of Education officials consider how best to spend billions from the economic stimulus plan, they would be wise to pay attention to which programs actually help children’s achievement — and keep in mind that sometimes very small influences in children’s lives can have very big effects."

Read more of this NYT article at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/opinion/08nisbett.html?em